Public Safety committee  Yes, I'd be happy to do that.

Public Safety committee  Absolutely.

Public Safety committee  Yes.

Public Safety committee  Absolutely, yes.

Public Safety committee  Certainly the length of time away from the crime means that their likelihood of reoffending really declines. The first 60 days or 90 days after they complete their time in custody...but the people who are eligible for this are the ones who have put their lives back in order. If y

Public Safety committee  I would take the Parole Board out of the system and just have it be the applicant to the RCMP. Have the RCMP manage the criminal records process.

Public Safety committee  Absolutely. If it's not automatic, you're penalizing people with cognitive impairments, people who are marginalized, people who are poor, or people who are illiterate. They may be putting their lives back together and being crime free, but if it requires this application process,

Public Safety committee  I think there are a lot of things that are flawed. I think the fee structure is too high, which isn't connected directly with the act. I think the subjective and vague criteria that the Parole Board is being asked to apply raises some real concerns about the consistency of the de

Public Safety committee  Are you asking me?

Public Safety committee  Thank you very much. It's a pleasure to be here. This is a subject that's very important to the John Howard Society of Canada. We believe that, under the Criminal Records Act, the current regime for relieving the prejudicial effects of a criminal record is fraught with problems

Public Safety committee  I'm going to defer that question to my colleague, Allen Benson, who is going to be on the next panel. He's better placed to answer that than I am.

Public Safety committee  The John Howard Society generally has a problem with the quality of the health care and the independence of the health care professionals. They're all under contract to CSC, so again, CSC's security interest seems to trump what's needed for the prisoner's health on any given day.

Public Safety committee  The other reasons why they're placed in the unit or...?

Public Safety committee  It could be mental health issues. I don't know if it's the same on the women's side, but from our experience, generally prisoners who are asserting their rights tend to be seen as problem inmates and tend to end up more in these units. They're not doing anything other than stand

Public Safety committee  They're the process protections, which are the independent oversight, the right to counsel and some meaningful process to determine why your residual rights are being denied because you're being placed in this stricter, more confined environment. You would need to have the resour